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Legitime

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

The Latin adverb, meaning lawfully, legitimately.

Legitime imperanti parere necesse est

To one lawfully commanding, it is necessary to yield obedience.